Siberia heat ‘almost impossible’ without climate change
Earth’s poles are warming faster than the rest of the planet, and temperatures in Siberia – home to much of the world’s carbon-rich permafrost – were more than 5C hotter than average between January and June.
One town, Verkhoyansk, recorded a temperature of 38C (100.4 Fahrenheit) – smashing previous records.
Andrew Ciavarella, senior detection and attribution scientist at Britain’s Met Office, described the findings released Wednesday as “staggering”.
“This is further evidence of the extreme temperatures we can expect to see more frequently around the world in a warming climate,” he said.